Dispensing receptacle for powdered and granular materials



Nov. 13, 1928.

G. E. WILSON DISPENSING RECEPTACLE FOR POWDERED AND GRANULAR MATERIALS Filed April 19, 1926 Patented Nov. 13, 1 928.

- A N D" S ATES GEORGE E.';WILSON, enemas; NEBRASKA.

DISPENSING VRECEP'IACLE FOR rownnn in Ann 'GRANULAR MATERIALS.

Application filed April 19, 1926. seriairro, 102,941.

My invention relates to receptacles for containing powdered and granular materials and for dispensing suclimaterials in small quantities from the container. It is the objectof 5 my invention to tacle particularly adapted foruse with scouring powders, soap powders, and the like, such as are commonly sold in sprinkle-top cans,

from which the material is discharged by in verting and shaking the can. A'furtlier object of my invention is to provide adispensing receptacle in which the materialmay be placed either in bulk, container in which it is sold, and from which 1 the material may be discharged in controlled quantities,

the discharged material charging operation is eftectedwith the same In carrying out my invention according to the illustrated embodiment thereof,'Iprovide a metal back-plate 10,.having at the upper;

end thereof curled tongues 11 for receiving a hinge-pintle, and having at its lower end a for- \vardly projecting flange carrying at its front end an upwardlyextending lip 12. Near the vertical edges of said back-plate are holes 13 for receiving screws 14 by which the plate is attached to a wall or other fixed vertical sup- 7 port, 15. The main body of the receptacle 1s 4 a rectangular metal box 16which is open at the top, the upper rear edge thereof having tongues which are curled about the pintle 17, the latter passing through the similar tongues 11 on the baclcplate 10, and thusforming a hinge connection between the receptacle and the back-plate. A flanged cover 18 is adapted to fit over the top of the body 16, the rear part of said cover having tongues which are curled about the pintle 17 to pivotally connect the cover therewith. The front flange of the cover has an opening therein adapted to re ceive a pin 19 which is carried on the front side of the box 16 adjacent thereof, said pin servin to hold the cover in closed position, and eing disengageable therefrom, to permit opening of the cover, by

provide a dispensing recep-' or while in the original canor being de-' livered into the hand of the user while the dis-' of the trough, as shown.

tion of the plate having a "container A.

to the upper edge springing the side of the box slightly inward bottom of thebox is securedan Upon the angle-plate having an integral flange 20 extending downwardly at the rear side of the receptacle into the space between the backplate lOand the lip 12. Said angle-plate alsohas a front flange 21 which is longer than the rear fiange20 and projects down from the intermediate portion of the bottom of the receptacle. Upon the portion of the bottom in front of the flange 21 is secured the channel A a 1,691,26 N 0FF1 :E,

plate 22 of which the intermediate portion is ofi'set downwardly to form a rectangular trough open at its front end, its rear end being closed by thefiange 21. A strip 23, integral the bottom ofthe rectangular trough, is ex the rear portion of said strip being attachedto the bottom of the trough, and the front portion forming a depending lip at the open end channel-plate forms a horizontal discharge passage for the material which is admitted thereto at its inner end 25 in the bottom of the receptacle 16. The

. depthof said discharge passage, proportional toits lengthfrom the opening 25 to theouter if end, is so related to the flow-angle of the ma terialthatxthe latter will not fiowby gravity 1. to the open end of the passage, but will merely through an opening with the plate 22 and having a width equal to i The trough of the fill the inner portion of the trough adjacent to the opening 25.

In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the material'to be dispensed is contained within the. cylindrical can A having perforations B in the end ward and restingupon the shelf-plate 24.

Said plate is disposed'loosely in the lower having short downwhich rest upon the andthe central por thereof, said can being placed in the receptacle 16 with its perforateend downlarge opening therein beneath the perforations B of the p The shelf-plate merely serves to hold the can A slightly above the bottom of the receptacle 16, so that the material may escape freely from the perforations B and thus reach the opening 25 to the discharge passage. When bulk material is to be dispensed from the receptacle, the shelf-plate may be a removed or omitted from the structure, as shown in Fig. 3.

The operation of the device will be clearly apparent from Fig. 2. The hand of the user is held beneath the discharge opening, and the fingers engaged with the flange 21 of the angle-plate, as indicated in said Fig. 2. By

then bending the fingers thereceptacle is a olotlnsponge, or the like, held in the hand. 7

The shaking ofthe receptacle also causes further portions of the material to be discharged from the container A, so as to be available to" supply the discharge passage through the opening 25. If, after pulling the receptacle forwardly, the hand be held stationary and the fingers relaxed to allow fall back into the normalposition, a second jaris caused by striking the back-plate, and a slight additional quantity of'the material may be discharged. By repeating the op eration, to shake the receptacle and alternately strike the stops which limit its movement, anydesired quantity of the material may be delivered; I I j r v N ow, having described my. invention, what I claim anddesire tosecureby Letters Patent is: r p a I 1. A device of the class described, comprisinga fixed support, a receptacle having the upper portion thereof 'pivotally connected with said support, stopping means carried by the support and engageable with a part of the receptacle to limit oscillating movement thereof about the pivotal axis, the lower portion of the receptacle having a dischargepassage extending horizontally and prOporcommunicating at the the receptacle to rior of the receptacle.

tioned to normally prevent gravitational flow of granular material through the same, said passage being constantly open to enable material to be moved through the same by shaking of thereceptacle, and means to facilitate manual actuation of the receptacle between the limits formed by the stopping means.

2. In a device of the class described, a fixed vertical support, a receptacle pivot-ally connected with said support and normally resting against the front thereof, a stop member carried by said support and arranged to limit outward swinging of the receptacle relative thereto, means manually engageable to oscillate the receptacle between the support and said stop member, and means formingat the bottom of said receptacle a horizontal dischargepassage open at the frontend and 3. Ina device as setforth in claim 2, a

'sl'ielf plate' removablydisposed in the lower portion of the receptacle and provided with means for holding the body-portion thereof in spaced relation to the bottom of the receptacle, for the purpose described.

4,111 device of the-class described, a receptacle having a discharge opening in the bottom thereef, meansdisposed about said.

discharge opening and forming a discharge passage extending horizontally therefrom, the length and depth of said passagej being proportioned to normally inhibit gravitational flow of material through the same, and means supporting said receptacle'for oscillation betweenfixed limitsinadirection-longitudinal of said passage, whereby to efiect intermittent movement of material through said passage to theopen'end thereof.

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